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THE DAVIS FAMILY

Our earliest ancestor that can be verified in the Davis family is Prior P. Davis, first found on the 1820C Lincoln Co TN; listed as head of household with a wife and one small son.  Family members have stated that Prior was born in NC ca 1800, of Irish descent; that he was a coffin maker, a shoe maker and a farmer.  Prior's wife and the mother of his first ten children was named Nancy, and it is thought (not proven) that her maiden name was Phillips.  Nancy Davis died before 15 Dec 1857 when Prior Davis md a second time to Flora M. Patterson, who was born ca 1835.
 

Children of Prior P. and Nancy Davis

1. Son

2.  Rhoda C. Davis

3.  Sarah Ann Davis

4.  Elizabeth Jane Davis

5.  James P. Davis

6.  George Washington Davis

7.  Francis Marion Davis

8.  Newton J. (or I) Davis, b ca 1838
    In Prior P. Davis household on 1860C; no trace of Newton after Prior's death

9.  Nancy Emaline Davis , b 29 Oct 1841 d 12 Oct 1889; md 12 Jan 1864 Marshall Co TN Newton Marshall Finley, b 23 Apr 1842 d 1 Jan 1918, son of Francis Carol Finley

10.Lucinda Caroline Davis, b 16 Aug 1844 dsp 8 Dec 1899

1.  Son, b ca 1820, listed in Prior's house on 1820C Lincoln Co TN; age 0-5; again listed in Prior's household on 1840C Marshall Co TN, age 15-20.  Although no concrete proof has been found, I believe this son was named Samuel Davis, b TN ca 1820 md 1) 30 Sep 1847 Elizabeth Jane Harris, b VA.  This Samuel Davis md 2) 22 Nov 1857 Rebecca Haislip , b Jun 1833.  This Samuel Davis had many descendants, hopefully one of them will see this, and set me straight re: his origins.
 

Children of Prior P. and Flora Patterson Davis

11. Mary E. V. Davis, b ca 1859 md ca 1876 Joe McKinney
        Children:  William McKinney, b ca 1878; Albert McKinney, b ca 1879

12. Zachariah P. P. Davis, b 17 Apr 1863 d 2 Feb 1953 md Mattie Cotton, b 1873 d 1943, dau of James Henry Cotton and Nancy Whitman

Flora M. (Patterson) Davis md 2) George Washington Smith, b 1829 Pulaski TN, d 1920 Lauderdale Co AL
 
 
 
 
 
Prior P. Davis Will
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